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0. CARLETON. WARDROBE BEDSTEAD.

Patented 001;. 21,1884.

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O. CARLETON.

- WARDROBE BEDSTEAD.

No. 307,013. I Patented Oct. 21, 1884.

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WARDROBE-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,013, dated October21, 1884.

Application filed January 23, 1884. (X model.)

To all whom 2'6 may concern: the head-board C, supported in a verticalpo- Be it known that I, CHARLES CARLETON, sition by means of the jointedlever D. This a citizen of the United States, residing at Chilever isformed in three parts, namely: the cago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illipart 3, pivotally connected at its center to the 5 nois, haveinvented certain new and useful side of the receptacle, as shown at a,and the 55 Improvements in IVardrobe-Bedsteads; and I parts q and q,jointed to the opposite ends of hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, the part 8, as shown at 1) and p, and pivoted, and exactdescription of the same. respectively, to the head-board C, as shown Myinvention relates to certain improveat 0, and the commode A, as shown at0. This [0 ments upon bedsteads of the above class in attachmentmaintains the head-boardinaver- 6 which the receptacle for the beddingis hinged tical position and at the same time permits it near one end tothe rear upper edge of a com to rise and descend with the lower end ofthe mode, bureau, or the like, whereby when the receptacle B. It ispreferred to form one upreceptacle is lowered to a horizontal positionon each side of the bed, to give stability to the it lies upon the topof the commode, which head-board,thoughthisisnot absolutelyneces 6 thusconstitutes the head-support, the said resary. ceptacle being providedat its upper end with The above described device may be ema hingedattachment, which always maintainsployed to operate a head-board alone;but in a vertical position, and thus, when the recepmany cases it isdesirable to employ a foottacle is lowered, forms the foot-support, andboard also. 70 when the receptacle is raised completes its re- In thedrawings I have shown a foot-board, semblance to a book-case, wardrobe,or what- E, hinged to the receptacle B, as shown at *0, ever the designmay be. whereby it can be turned up to aright angle In wardrobebedsteadsof this character it with the receptacle or folded down against it,

is desirable to provide a head-board, and itis as circumstances require.It is my object to 75 obvious that where such head-board is emcause thishinged foot-board to be operated ployed it must, to be practicable,always mainautomatically by the raising and lowering of mm a verticalposition, and at the same time the receptacle, and for this purpose Iemploy rise and descend with the end of the receptaan attachment similarin character to the jointcle to which itis attached; also that itsaction ed lever D, and operated through the medium 80 should be entirelyautomatic. of the latter. This attachment consists of a My inventionrelates to mechanism whereby jointed lever, F, comprising the part a,pivotthe above results are effected, and also to an atally connected atits center to the side of the tachment to the said mechanism foroperating receptacle, the part at jointed at one end to 3 5 a hingedfoot-board as well, all as hereinafter the top of the part a andpivotally connected 8 5 more fully Set forthat its opposite end to thefoot-board E, and

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective the diagonal rod Z, pivotedto the upper end view of a bedstead representing a book-case of theparts of the jointed lever D, and to when raised and of the character towhich my the lower end of the part a of the jointed lever improvement isapplied, and Fig. 2, a perspec- F,whereby both levers act reciprocally.Thus 90 tive view of the same in a partly-raised posiit will be seen thehinged foot-board is caused tion, showing my improvements and their toturn up to a right angle with the receptamode of Operation. cle whenlowered and to fold against it out of A is the base, here shown in theform of a sight when raised. commode; and B is the receptacle for thebed- In Fig. 2 the levers D and F are, for the sake 5 ding, hinged tothe rear upper edge of the of clearness, represented as being upon thecommode, as shown at t. The receptacle is exterior of the bedstead, andthey may occuhinged to the commode at such a point that py that positionin practice, if desired. It is when raised it reaches to, or nearlyto,the floor. obvious, however, that all the operating mech- Tothelowerend of thereceptacleBis hinged anism may be inclosed within, thebedstead, IOO

and thus be entirely hidden from View when the device is raised to theposition represented in Fig. 1.

G is a hinged foot-support, which always hangs vertically and operatesin the usual way.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a wardrobe bedstead comprising the base A,receptacle 13,

hinged to the rear upper edge of the said base, and head-board O, hingedto the said receptacle, the jointed lever D, pivotally connected to thesaid base, receptacle, and head-board, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In combination with a wardrobe bedstead comprising the base A,receptacle I3, hinged to the rear upper edge of the said base,head-board O, hinged to the said receptacle, and foot-board E, alsohinged to the said rcceptacle, the jointed lever D, pivotally connectedto the said base, receptacle, and headboard, and the jointed lever F,pivotally connected to the said receptacle, foot-board, and lever 3,substantially as shown and described.

\ CHARLES OAR-LETON.

In presence of DOUGLAS DYREN FORTH, Cnanrns O. LIN'IHICUM.

